Akash S. — Associate Consultant

Pursuing MS Finance at the University of Texas, Dallas, Recipient of Dean’s Excellence Scholarship. I am interested in Quantitative Finance, Fintech, and valuations. Graduate Student Assistant at the Finance Trading Lab, UTD. Guiding graduate students in coursework related to Derivatives, Fixed Income, Asset Management, Financial Analysis, and Business Management. Graduate Management Admission Test (GMAT): Scored 720 (Quant 50, Verbal 38). Top 6 Percentile, in over 600,000 test takers worldwide, at the first attempt CFA Level 3 Candidate (Top 10 percentile in Fixed Income, Derivatives, Financial Reporting and Analysis, and Economics in CFA Level 2) Independent Derivatives Trader in Indian Markets. Generated 4% RoI MoM for 8 months from Currency Derivatives (USD/INR) Developed a Quantitative Trading Algorithm - Generated 38.5% YoY return with a beginning portfolio size of USD 1mn (Period 01.01.2016 to 05.01.2021) Worked as a Data Scientist for 3 years - Worked on Time Series data and supervised machine learning models (regression and classification) I also enjoy traveling and hiking. I go on a lot of solo backpacking trips, which help me rejuvenate from time to time. I am actively looking for opportunities in Risk, Fundamental analysis, Fintech, Fixed Income, and Derivative Valuations/Trading. I am based out of Dallas and can join from May 2022.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a Quantitative Finance professional with strong skills in risk management and trading.

Location: Dallas, Texas, United States

Experience: 2 yrs 10 mos